[Address panel, exterior of folded letter] [Endorsement, upper right, written diagonally: Elizabethtown / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]] [(689)] To Benjamin [undecipherable] Esq^o [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Philadelphia [lower left: undecipherable] [lower center: undecipherable] Elizabetho Town Aug^t 20 Sir, I write to inform you that the Cloathing which has been Rec^d for the 11^th Regt - is now very nearly expended, that there is not [undecipherable] as many [undecipherable], as we have Recruits, which are daily expected - Col. Ogden is very desirous that the Articles of Cloathing which are most wanted Should be sent on as soon as hopible there are Privates Coats - Vests - Lin. Overalls & Hats & Socks & Clarks [&Blankets] there are likewise some Serjeants & Musicians Cloathing, which are wanting, which have never yet been Rec^d Epaulets & - I Remain Sir Your Mo. Ob^dt Ser^t Jno. S Macwhorter p. M. to the 11^th Regt